Sei'tember 1, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



13 



It wasn't long until the appeal of the 

 flowers prevailed and presently Miss 

 Armstrong was deeply concerned with 

 the problem of how to supply the de- 

 mand. And this is still her problem, 

 though competition now is keen. 



She has never made any attempt to 

 grow her own stock. Her energy has 

 created a branch business at Post 

 Falls, where most of the roses she sells 

 come from. Roses are the most popu- 

 lar flowers in the city, and she has no 

 difficulty in disposing of all she can 

 procure. Carnations are close rivals 

 of the roses, and these come largely 

 from flower farms nearer Spokane. She 

 does not find any great demand, she 

 says, for the rarer varieties for tropical 

 bloom. One reason for this is that the 

 Spokane people who can afiford and 

 prefer them usually spend a part of 

 the year in southern climates. When 

 they return they want the hardier flow- 

 ers they have always been used to. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Seasonable rains and ideal summer 

 weather prevail. The outdoor stock 

 is now reaching the market in superb 

 condition, and in enormous quantities. 

 Asters dominate, with some grand s^.ock 

 among them, vying with the mums in 

 size and beauty. Prices are low in- 

 deed for the common varieties and 

 smaller sizes and even the best com- 

 mands only $2 per hundred. 



Carnation shipments are light and of 

 poor quality — hardly worthy a quota- 

 tion. The few that come up to me- 

 dium merit are bought before they ar- 

 rive. The new roses are few and far 

 between. The best of them find a ready 

 demand and prices begin to make the 

 grower hopeful, although there is no 

 general expectation of improvement till 

 after Labor day. Maryland, Killarney 

 and Kaiserin are improving daily. 



Lilies advanced suddenly at the be- 

 ginning of last week to double the 

 quotations of the week end, the best of 

 them bringing 8 cents. They remain 

 firm this week, with the poorest down 

 to 4 cents. The best valley brings $3 

 per hundred. 



The orchid supply and demand run 

 about even. Gladioli are abundant and 

 most of the arrivals sell at 50 cents and 

 under. Only the new and selected 

 stock, including the old standby, Amer- 

 ica, go above the dollar mark. Hy- 

 drangeas are showing color. Tritomas 

 are abundant. With those and the 

 new varieties of ferns, not forgetting 

 an occasional vase of chrysanthemums 

 and carefully selected crotons, the re- 

 tailers manage to present respectable 

 windows to the passing throng. A few 

 cosmos and dahlias give premonition 

 of a wealth of varied bloom, in time 

 for the school opening and the return- 



ing 



'400. 



Various Notes. 



C. W. Jacob & Allison have been 

 eighteen years in the importing busi- 

 ness in New York. It is said they 

 have for a long time been the largest 

 importers of cape flowers in this coun- 

 try. They are large receivers also of 

 raffia and bark cloth from the produc- 

 ing markets of these commodities. They 

 say sales are large this season and the 

 outlook is satisfactory for a fall re- 

 vival in business. 



E. J. Bush, of the Ellenwood Green- 

 houses, Hatboro, Pa., was in the city 



Miss Margaret Armstroog. 



last week on his way home from the 

 convention, as the guest of George 

 Saltford, to whom his shipments of cut 

 flowers are made. 



W. N. Reed, of Reed & Keller, has 

 returned from Europe in the best of 

 health, after visiting nearly every Eu- 

 ropean country. Mrs. Reed accompa- 

 nied him. The three months' trip was 

 largely for sightseeing, but he select- 

 ed many novelties for his American 

 trade and has several inventions he 

 will ofl^er this season. 



Some of the new firms contemplating 

 the opening of wholesale cut flower 

 establishments on Twenty-eighth street 

 will postpone the commencement of 

 business until October 1. The general 

 verdict is that September this year will 

 be no exception to the rule of com- 

 parative dullness. 



The New York retail houses with 

 branches at Newport report a satisfac- 

 tory season. 



Among southern visitors last week 

 were Alexander Miller, of Dallas, Tex., 

 and Harry Papworth, of New Orleans. 



Frank Duggan, with Rickards Bros., 

 is home from his New England trip, 

 after a two weeks' enjoyable vacation. 



Alex. McKenzie, the popular gardener 

 of Glen Cove, is taking his vacation 

 in Scotland. 



The Forster Mansfield Co. has just 

 completed a thousand dollar contract 

 for bay tree tubs, lattice work and 

 settees for a large private estate near 

 New York city. This firm will shortly 

 occupy the entire building at 145 West 

 Twenty-eighth street. 



The Kervan Co. has begun extensive 

 improvements on its new store at 119 

 West Twenty-eighth street, where it 

 will occupy the entire four-story build- 



ing, using its present quarters for stor- 

 age. This firm is preparing for a big 

 fall and winter business. Mr. Kervan 

 has been enjoying his vacation with 

 the reunion of the old soldiers in the 

 east. 



James Slimon, who has been with 

 J. M. Thorburn for over twenty years, 

 has accepted the position as manager 

 of Vaughan's Seed Store, lately occu- 

 pied by C. W. Scott, who is now man- 

 ager of the Yokohama Nursery Co. 



The veteran auctioneer, D. J. Elliott, 

 announces the opening of the fall sea- 

 son on Friday, September 16. 



Mrs. White, bookkeeper for the 

 Growers' Cut Flower Co., is enjoying 

 her holidays in the Catskills. 



Carroll Elliott, of W. Elliott & Sons, 

 is away for two weeks on a fishing 

 excursion at Barnegat and Atlantic 

 City. Mr. Peth, of the same firm, has 

 returned with his family from a two 

 weeks' vacation at the seashore. 



John P. Cleary, who has been in 

 charge of the plant auction department 

 of the Fruit Auction Co. for some 

 years, severed his connection with this 

 house September 1. 



The MacNiff Horticultural Co. has 

 rented the premises formerly occupied 

 by the Cleary Horticultural Co. on 

 Vesey street. 



David Adams, for many years with 

 J. M. Thorburn, has returned from a 

 two weeks' vacation in the Catskills 

 with his family. 



The Stumpp & Walter Co. is much 

 pleased with the result of its enter- 

 prise at the Rochester convention, and 

 has already declared its intention of 

 making a larger exhibit at Baltimore. 



The "Buds" fall catalogue is now 

 being distributed, and Manager Gloeck- 



